Gardening Basics For Dummies

Product DescriptionYou're now officially out of excuses for not planting the garden of your dreams. Even if you have never planted a seed or pulled a weed, cultivate For Dummies contains everything you need to know about flowers, beds, borders, trees, shrubs and lawns to create your own private paradise. This friendly and informative guide also includes all the tools and additives available to make the garden easier. Discover: clear definitions and descriptions of different types of plants Tips

Effective Landscape With Bookshelf Tools

by Marshall Clewis A garden encyclopedia is as essential to the home gardener as a cook book is to a cook, and as useful. This is especially true in this do-it-yourself age, when skilled professional advice and help is hard to come by and costly. Without a source of reliable information at hand, the amateur gardener is likely to make serious and costly mistakes. Valuable trees, shrubs, evergreens, lawns and other landscape plantings may be damaged beyond repair as a result of errors of omiss

Can We Plant Hardy Perennials During Fall?

by Kent Higgins One caution against fall planting concerns woody plants such as trees, shrubs, and evergreens that are planted in a very windy location. It may be necessary to furnish a windbreak of burlap to prevent wind from drying them out over winter, especially when the ground is frozen. Late summer and fall is by far the best time to plant or transplant peonies. Irises can be planted in early fall and may give some bloom the following year. Fall sown lawns are much better than spring

Protect Your Plants During Fall

by Kent Higgins One caution against fall planting concerns woody plants such as trees, shrubs, and evergreens that are planted in a very windy location. It may be necessary to furnish a windbreak of burlap to prevent wind from drying them out over winter, especially when the ground is frozen. Late summer and fall is by far the best time to plant or transplant peonies. Irises can be planted in early fall and may give some bloom the following year. Fall sown lawns are much better than spring

Landscape Plants Grow In Value

by Keith Markensen Plants, like any other commodity we use, do cost money. However, unlike, say, a vacuum cleaner, they grow more valuable as they grow older. You should expect to pay a fair price for any plants you decide to use in your landscape. But, since the price depends largely on the amount of work the nurseryman has put into the given plant, you should always buy smaller specimens. Properly cared for, they will grow into valuable shrubs, flowers and trees. If you have enough time,

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